SSD Speeds on 5.1
Hi guys I have a general question which perhaps a few of u can shed some light on. I have a few Mac Pros but on my 2012 12 core I use 3 SSD's. ! x Samsung EVO 850 (Boot Drive) 1 x Samsung Evo 840 (CCC...
View Articlenew PCIe SSD from OWC up to 2.0 TB
I'm NOT affiliated with OWC in any way! https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc-mercury-accelsior-pro-q EDIT: of course the thread-title should read ... up to 2.0 TB
View Article2010 Mac Pro upgrade - low GeekBench score
Heya guys, Just recently upgraded to a W3690 250GB SSD and a GTX 670, But my geek bench score is coming in at around 10k. I have seen upwards of 15k. Any reasons why? or how I can rectify this?
View ArticleX5690 Xeons not booting in Mac Pro 4,1
I have a 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 (firmware upgraded to 5,1) that I'm trying to install a pair of Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz CPUs in, but when I power it on, I don't get a boot chime or anything displayed on my...
View ArticleProblem Upgrading Mac Pro 4.1 to 5.1
Hi, I'm having trouble upgrading from 4.1 to 5.1 on my early 2009 Mac Pro running El Capitan. The Mac Pro 2009-2010 Firmware Tool seems to work fine with the MacProEFIUpdate.dmg and after rebooting,...
View ArticlePossibility and Procedure for Installing Win 8,1 or 10 on Mac Pro 3,1
Hey, I got myself in a situation where I've got Win 7 on Bootcamp version 4.0.4033. It works fine however there are some issues with a PCI card and SSD Boot volume that I have heard has to do with Win...
View ArticleLG 34UC98 vs Dell Ultrasharp U3415W vs U3417W for 2013 Mac Pro
Which of the three monitors, LG 34UC98, Dell Ultrasharp U3415W or U3417W, would you recommend for a 2013 Mac Pro? If you used any of them, how easy are they to connect to a MP to get best possible...
View ArticleGTX 780 and Power Consumption
Hey, I currently have a GTX 780 (Asus reference model IIRC) installed. It is chilling in there for almost 2 years now I'd say. Back then, I used two of the HDD bays to safely power the card with two...
View ArticleMac Pro 2,1 WiFi/BT Upgrade Require USB Power Header?
Hi guys, I'm back at my Mac Pro 2,1 and I'd like to get continuity and handoff finally working. I see that Broadcom BCM94360CD and BCM94331CD cards should work in a mini PCI-e adapter, but will I have...
View Articlessd for 4.1
I presently have a 2009 mac pro 4.1 2.66GHz. 16MB ram. I primarily work with PS& LR often with large files 1-3 GB. I currently have my system & apps on a 240Gb sd drive; my files on other...
View ArticlecMP 4,1 PCIe Slot2 bug
Long story short, I've read it mentioned somewhere that a bug exists with PCIe slot 2 (which is x16) where it only works at half the speed on cMP 4,1 (maybe 5,1 also). I've done fairly exhaustive...
View ArticleAny other benefit to flashing the GPU
So I have been running a stock PC version of the EVGA Nvidia GTX 980 4GB SC GPU on my 5,1 MacPro with no issues (on the latest 10.10.3 and latest Nvidia webdriver). I've been contemplating getting it...
View ArticleMac pro 1,1 and k4000 quadro pny
OK just recently got a macpro 1,1. Upgraded the firmware to 2,1 have a set of x5365 currently in the mail. 32gb of ram as well as a ssd that I will be installing. Now I'm trying to verify that my final...
View ArticlePixlas 4.1 Mac Pro mod
I'm creating a thread for my 4.1-->5.1 mod to keep everything in one place. I will document my upgrade to X5690, PCIe SSD (Apple SSUBX) and PSU mod to allow for two modern gfx cards using only the...
View ArticlecMP asks for password at boot (randomly?)
I'm having a weird issue. I setup one of the drives of a cMP (4.1) as Time Machine Backup, and set it as encrypted backup (never had tried that and I thought about giving it a try). It did the backup...
View ArticleGetting ready to dip my toes into the realm of the Hackintosh
I already have most of the parts I'll need. I'm basing it around a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 processor I retired from my gaming machine when I built a new gaming machine. My LGA 775 motherboard I have on...
View Articlequadro k5000 not mac edition
Hi there I'm new in macrumors, but not new as mac user, apple II ci my first one, today I'have bought for 200 euro a quadro k5000 not mac edition, yes I know as said Jean Claude Van Damme "Risk is my...
View ArticleSonnet Tempo SSD Pro vs OWC Accelsior (benchmarks)
Hi all, I recently added a 960GB OWC Accelsior SSD RAID PCI card to my 09' Mac Pro. I wasn't 100% happy with the results so I decided to also buy and test a Sonnet Tempo SSD Pro PCI Card with 2 x...
View ArticleXFX AMD Radeon RX 460 Single Slot Card Work on Mac Pro?
Hi all, has anyone tried this single slot card on a Mac Pro and gotten it to work? http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-rx-400-series/rx-460-4gb-sf-rx-460p4tfg5 Seems like a nice low power (I...
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